2Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan

A massive man-made crater that has been burning methane gas for decades is a disaster of miscalculation by the scientists who opened the gates of hell. Literally, it was one of the deadliest decisions taken by some wise people.

In order to preserve the air quality of the Karakum Desert, the scientists thought that burning off the natural gas would be a quick solution as the fire will douse in a few weeks, and then the air quality would continue as normal. But on the contrary, the flames are burning to date even after almost half a century has passed. The Darvaza crater or gates of hell, only the ones who don’t dread flames can imagine visiting the deadliest place on earth and this is human error and not by nature. Fatal and sad! We must take legit steps to save the planet before it’s too late. Though, the gates of hell have been already opened.